INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS

             a tileset for Nels Anderson's MAHJONGG

                      BY:  CHARLIE PETERSON

                        October 27, 1991


I take no responsibility for these tiles being historically
accurate.  I found the information in an almanac, but who knows if
it is actually correct.  I have taken the liberty of using a more
modern form of the invention in cases where the original may not be
recognizable.

The following description is included in case you cannot make out
the pictures on the tiles.

1:  BALL-POINT PEN, 1888.  Inventor:  John J. Loud (U.S.).

2:  RECORD (long-playing), 1948.  Inventor:  Dr. Peter Goldmark
(U.S.).

3:  BIFOCAL LENS, 1780.  Inventor:  Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)
(U.S.).

4:  BICYCLE, 1839-40.  Inventor:  Kirkpatrick Macmillan (Scot.) 
(1810-78).

5:  MICROPHONE, 1876.  Inventor:  Alexander Graham Bell (U.S.) 
(1847-1922).

6:  PARKING METER, 1935.  Inventor:  Carlton C. Magee (U.S.).

7:  SAFETY PIN, 1849.  Inventor:  Walter Hunt (U.S.).

8:  RAZOR (safety), 1895.  Inventor:  King C. Gillette (U.S.).

9:  STETHOSCOPE, 1837.  Inventor:  Rene Laennec (Fr.).

10:  LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR, 1752.  Inventor:  Benjamin Franklin
(U.S.)  (1706-90).

11:  THERMOMETER, 1593.  Inventor:  Galileo Galilei (It.) 
(1564-1642).

12:  ZIPPER, 1891.  Inventor:  Whitcomb L. Judson (U.S.).

13:  FILM (moving outlines), 1885.  Inventor:  Louis le Prince
(Fr.).

14:  LOUDSPEAKER, 1900.  Inventor:  Horace Short (G.B.).

15:  NEON LAMP, 1910.  Inventor:  Georges Claude (Fr.) 
(1871-1960).

16:  NYLON, 1937.  Inventor:  Dr. Wallace H. Carothers (U.S.)
(1896-1937) at Du Pont Labs, Seaford, Delaware.

17:  BALLOON, 1783.  Inventors:  Jacques (1745-99) and Joseph
Montgolfier (Fr.) (1740-1810).

18:  TELEPHONE, 1876.  Inventor:  Alexander Graham Bell (U.S.)
(1847-1922).

19:  FILM (Musical Sound), 1923.  Inventor:  Dr. Lee de Forest
(U.S.).

20:  X-RAY, 1895.  Inventor:  Wilhelm von Rontgen (Ger.).

21:  CLOCK, (pendulum), 1656.  Inventor:  Christaan Huygens (Neth.)
(1629-95).

22:  ELECTRIC LAMP, 1879.  Inventor:  Thomas Alva Edison (U.S.)
(1847-1931).

23:  CARPET SWEEPER, 1876.  Inventor:  Melville R. Bissell (U.S.).

24:  ELECTRIC FLAT IRON, 1882.  Inventor:  H.W. Seeley  (U.S.).

25:  REFRIGERATOR, 1850.  Inventor:  James Harrison (G.B.) and
Alexander Catlin Twining (U.S.).

26:  PARACHUTE, 1797.  Inventor:  Andre-Jacques Garnerin (Fr.)
(1769-1823).

27:  SUBMARINE, 1776.  Inventor:  David Bushnell (U.S.).

28:  TELEVISION, 1926.  Inventor:  John Logie Baird (G.B.) 
(1888-1946).

29:  TELESCOPE, 1608.  Inventor:  Hans Lippershey (Neth.).

31:  ELEVATOR, 1852.  Inventor:  Elisha G. Otis (U.S.) (1811-61).

32:  AUTOMOBILE (gasoline), 1888.  Inventor:  Karl Benz (Ger.)
(1844-1929).

32:  HELICOPTER, 1924.  Inventor:  Etienne Oehmichen (Fr.).

33:  PHONOGRAPH, 1878.  Inventor:  Thomas Alva Edison (U.S.)
(1847-1931).

34:  MATCH (safety), 1826.  Inventor:  John Walker (G.B.).